The 2015 Cécile E. Mactaggart
Travel Award for Narrative Writing
Official Application Form
Undergraduate Students
This form must be filled out and submitted electronically along with a Word or PDF copy of
your essay or short story. JPEG files are not accepted.
Submissions will only be accepted electronically, and should be forwarded to macwa@ualberta.ca in
the Faculty Office.
If you neglect to include this application with your submission, fail to fill out any part, or fail
to meet the eligibility criteria, the Faculty of Arts reserves the right to remove your entry
from the competition without prior notice to you.
If you have any questions about this form or your entry, please check our FAQs and Formatting Rules documents
first. If your question is still not answered, please contact us by email at macwa@ualberta.ca.
Name:
Student ID:
Mailing Address:
Phone (including area code):
E-mail Address (@ualberta.ca):
Faculty:
Department/Program:
Entry Details
Title of Entry:
Word count:
Notes:
 Your entry must be between 2,500 and 3,500 words.
If your entry does not meet this criterion (no matter the margin), it will be disqualified.
 The word count is noted at the end of your entry
 Word count does NOT include the title, author’s name or information from the application
form.
Footnotes (if applicable) SHOULD be included in the word count.
The 2015 Cécile E. Mactaggart
Travel Award for Narrative Writing
Travel Plans
If you were to win this competition, where would you go with your prize money, and why?
(250 words or less)
Notes:
 You may use the prize money to travel anywhere in the world, as long as it is outside of Canada
and the United States (with the exception of travel above the tree line).
 You must complete this portion with your proposed travel plans. However, if you win, it is
possible to make changes to your travel plans at that time.
 Please indicate whether anyone will accompany you on this trip.
Declaration
Please print this document and read and INITIAL each line (do not check or “x”).
The application form must be signed at the bottom where indicated.
When completed, please scan and send back as a JPEG or Word document.
Please note, if you do not meet all of these criteria, you are not eligible to enter this competition.
I am a full-time undergraduate student registered in the Faculty of Arts; however, I am
NOT a special student, graduate student or a visiting student.
Notes:
o “Full time” means you will complete at least 9 credits of course weight (*9) in the Fall Term of
the competition year or that you were registered in a work experience program through the Faculty
of Arts during the competition term.
o If you are taking an Arts class, but are registered in another Faculty, you are NOT eligible for
this competition.
I have NOT previously won this award.
I wrote this essay/short story myself, without assistance or input from anyone.
I wrote this essay/short story specifically for this competition. It has not been
previously submitted as course work or to any other competitions or publications (in
part or in its entirety).
I declare that everything on this form is true, to the best of my knowledge:
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Applicant’s signature
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Date